CVE-2009-2336

Published Jul 10, 2009

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: The forgotten mail interface in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 exhibits different behavior for a password request depending on whether the user account exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames. NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes the significance of this issue, indicating that the behavior exists for "user convenience."
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-16

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "513237CD-92E3-46CD-8221-88F36B243101",
            "versionEndExcluding": "2.8.1"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "1327C621-452A-4BA4-B2E7-28AE4533DCC1",
            "versionEndExcluding": "2.8.1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

References